What's your hiphop top 5?

[mtbskalover]

1.sweatshop union, some truly amazing songs, all tempo's and stuff.
battling for 2,3,4&5=
beastie boys
roots manuva
cypress hill
do the streets count? if not anything sublime did that counts
j 5, plus dj nu-mark, cut chemist and other spin offs

 

[Bajie]

When these "top whatever" things come up, I can only always say what I listen to at the moment...

Black Market Militia (any one else heard their album? quality)
Immortal Technique
Jedi Mind Tricks
Brand Nubian
Last emperor OR Cunninglynguists

 

[Apathy]

dunno but off my head (top of)

Big Daddy kane
DeLa Soul
PE
Stezo
Jazzy Jeff and errr the Fresh Prince

whats come to mind mainly cos they have done my fav hiphop albums but i'm gonna have to have a proper think

 

[zenie]

I'm confused we talking artists or songs?

 

[hitechlolife]

Marley Marl / MC Shan / Shante (Juice Crew)
World Class Wreckin Cru
Egyptian Lover

to be continued......

 

[andy2002]

Public Enemy
KRS/BDP
Beastie Boys
Eric B & Rakim
Run DMC

 

[chieftain]

Ultra Magnetic's
Run DMC
De La Soul
Caveman
London Posse

 

[Mr_Pope]

Ridiculously mainstream but:

NWA - Straight outta...
Kanye West - first 2 albums
Dr Dre - 2001
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP

Just this minute been downloading some Damian Marley stuff off of his new album and it's blown me away, in no way ripping his father off, got his own style.

Not even into Reggae but this is a mix of all kind of styles, Hip-hop, middle east and acoustic roots.

 

[Sunspots]

There's over 25 years to choose from. I've tried to pick five, but I really can't do it.

 

[kained&able]

damien marley is wank though. Obviously welcome to jamrock is a tune but i have yet to find anything else og his that is any good.


dave

 

[CharlieAddict]

EPMD.
KRS-One.
Public Enemy.
Biggie.
Nas.
Roots Manuva.
Ultra Magnetics.

okay I can't count.

 

[jaded_youth]

Public enemy
Juriassic 5
cannilbal ox
blade
lakim shabazz

 

[Pugwall7]

Public Enemy
Common
Wu Tang
Roots Manuva
Talib Kweli

 

[kained&able]

jaded is that blade as in occasionly mark b and blade? whats his own stuff like? I fucking love his work with mark b and realy want to get some more of his stuff but the only thing i have heard of his was that track on the world according to rza which was shit.


dave

 

[MacOSExtended]

far too many years and good artists to choose just 5!



Skinnyman and MUDFAM

Gravediggaz

Ultramags

Smut Peddlers/ Cage/ Weathermen brethren

Guru, Premier and friends

Lords of the Underground

Most stuff on DefJux, anything from the Molemen

J-Zone beeyatch

Rhymesayers especially Eyedea + Aesop for pure lyrical brutality

most of Uncle Howies' boys for the obscene




*edit. how could I forget Braintax? Jehst? Klashnekoff?



Fuck Eminem.

 

[neilh]

gang starr
ATCQ
Organised Konfusion
De la soul
KRS ONE

for newer stuff

MF DOOM/King Geedorah/KMD(well, obv not new)/Victor Vaughn
Edan
quasimoto

or for uk

skinnyman
klashnekoff
braintax
phi life cypher
foreign beggars

 

[sumimasen]

Outkast
Immortal Technique
Canibus
Cypress Hill
Eminem (though only when he stays away from yaaaawwwnnn 50 Cent/D12 lot)

 

[jaded_youth]

jaded is that blade as in occasionly mark b and blade? whats his own stuff like? I fucking love his work with mark b and realy want to get some more of his stuff but the only thing i have heard of his was that track on the world according to rza which was shit.


dave

yeah that's the one. One of his best lp's was "the lion goes from strength to strength" but as his label was self financed it is well hard to get hold of .. and only on vinyl I think (as with his second lp which was funded by donations to a PO box).

I got the latest blade 12 and MarkB & mudfamily mp3's if your into P2P .

 

[sumimasen]

damien marley is wank though. Obviously welcome to jamrock is a tune but i have yet to find anything else og his that is any good.


dave

Road to Zion

 

[revolt]

Talib Kweli
Imortal technique
NWA
Public enemy
Nas

Although im not really sure as theres so much to choose from like some of nas' albums are kinda shit...

 

[stavros]

Just pick "Illmatic", although "Nastradamus" is quite good too.

 

[kained&able]

stillmatic(especilly) and god son are sweet as well.

its just the latest one, it was written, and nah fuck it ,i am was kinda shit as well. Just all of em have the odd amazing tune on them.




dave

 

[Disjecta Membra]

noah 23
warcloud
taskforce
immortal technique
tech n9ne

 

[STFC]

I used to be a bit of Hip Hop head when I was younger, so...

Gunshot (Leytonstone's finest)
Nas
Public Enemy
Early Wu Tang
Mobb Deep

 

[JE:5]

Nephlim Modulation Systems
New Flesh For Old
The Perceptionists
Gravediggaz
MF Doom and all his aliases especially his Viktor Vaughn stuff.

 

[kakuma]

MC Hammer
Vanilla Ice
Tone Loc
Deborah Harry
DJ Otzi

 

[stavros]

Deborah Harry

I remember reading somewhere that "Rapture" was the first ever top 10 rap hit in this country so we can grant that I think.

 

[bfg]

Grandmaster 5 and the whole Sugar Hill thing, Public Enemy, WuTang, 2Pac n DelaSoul

 

[blairsh]

Couldn't narrow down to five definate favourites but heres five i really like and listen to quite a bit...


Blackalicous
Jurassic 5
immortal technique
taskforce(good for uk stuff)
cypress hill

and some more....

atmosphere
(some) 2pac
Roots Manuva
Mos Def
Lateef The Truth Speaker

I could possibly make an arm sized list, but i won't.

 

[elliot]

crikey.. guess there's far too many but definatley nas, mobb deep (pre g-unit), primo, biggie (of course).. maybe jay z..